Dread Rat (5e Creature)

Dread Rat

Large beast, unaligned Armor Class 13 Hit Points 22 (3d10 + 6) Speed 30 ft. STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA 14 (+2) 16 (+3) 15 (+2) 4 (-3) 11 (+0) 7 (-2) Skills Perception +2, Stealth +5 Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 12 Languages — Challenge 1 (200 XP) Keen Smell. The rat has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on smell. Pack Tactics. The rat has advantage on an attack roll against a creature if at least one of the rat's allies is within 5 feet of the creature and the ally isn't incapacitated. ACTIONS Multiattack. The rat makes two attacks: one with its bite and one with its claws. Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d8 + 3) piercing damage. Claws. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d6 + 3) slashing damage.

Strong and extremely large, dread rats are opportunistic omnivores that can eat almost anything. They prefer to eat easy meals, such as carcasses left by predators, but a pack of dread rats might hunt a flock of sheep or lone humanoid. Dread rats only attack dangerous creatures, such as bears and wolves, if they feel they have a distinct advantage. Some goblinoids keep dread rats as pets or hunting companions, though they can be trained as pack animals and mounts. Variant: Diseased Dread Rats Some dread rats carry vile diseases that they spread with their bites. A diseased dread rat has a challenge rating of 1 (200 XP) and the following action instead of its normal bite attack. Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d8 + 3) piercing damage. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 12 Constitution saving throw or contract a disease. Until the disease is cured, the target can't regain hit points except by magical means, and the target's hit point maximum decreases by 3 (1d6) every 24 hours. If the target's hit point maximum drops to 0 as a result of this disease, the target dies.

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